The wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale nearly 150 years ago has been discovered, searchers announced last week, completing a quest that began nearly 60 years ago.
Shipwreck World, a group that works to locate shipwrecks around the world, revealed Friday that a team led by Illinois shipwreck hunter Paul Ehron found the wreck of the Lac La Belle in October 2022. It was found about 20 miles offshore between Racine and Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Ehron, whose interest in the Lac La Belle dates back decades, told the Associated Press on Sunday that the announcement of the discovery was delayed because the team wanted to include a three-dimensional video model of the ship but poor weather and other commitments kept his dive team from going back down to the wreck until last summer…